Daijiworld Media Network - Sullia (MS)
Sullia, Aug 25: It is decided to take a delegation under the leadership of Dakshina Kannada district BJP president and MLA Sanjeeva Matandoor along with state BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel to Bengaluru and plead with CM B S Yediyurappa to provide ministerial berth to six-time MLA of Sullia S Angara.
In the background of the extreme rage expressed by the Sullia taluk BJP for not offering minister position to Angara, DK BJP president Sanjeeva Matandoor, former MLC Monappa Bhandary and Captain Ganesh Karnik met the local leaders of Sullia on Saturday, August 25.
According to the urge expressed by the Sullia BJP and the activists, it was decided in the meeting to take a delegation of all the MLAs of the district as well as the prominent leaders of Sullia taluk to meet the CM and urge him to provide ministerial position to Sullia MLA Angara at least in the next cabinet expansion.
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In a statement after the meeting, Sanjeeva Matandoor, president of DK district BJP said, "We expected Sullia MLA S Angara to get ministerial berth during the cabinet formation. We all were hopeful of a minister position for him as he has won for the sixth consecutive time from Sullia. We will meet chief minister B S Yediyurappa and urge him to provide minister berth to Angara in the next cabinet expansion."
It is known through reliable sources that Angara spoke to the district BJP president Sanjeeva and said, "Personally, I was not an aspirant for the position of minister. However, after saying initially that my name is there in the list of ministers to be inducted and then saying no at the last moment has pained the people of the constituency and the activists of the party. This has to be set right."